Vanessa Williams - "Colors of the Wind" from "Pocahontas" | LIVE at The Kennedy Center

Vanessa Williams performs "Colors of the Wind" LIVE at The Kennedy Center during the annual "Let Freedom Ring" celebration.
The Kennedy Center and Georgetown University celebrated the legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. with Grammy® and Tony®-nominated performer Vanessa Williams and the Let Freedom Ring Choir led by Music Director Rev. Nolan Williams Jr.
Part of Millennium Stage at The Kennedy Center. January 15, 2018
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[@Lil_Angry_Bitch]

This song and "reflection" are the two Disney songs with the most meaning and a message.

[@dollin971]

And savages

[@jordynchan5103]

And God Help the Outcasts.

[@kevinclarke1222]

Disney ain't got dis kinda class no more!

[@ricardoneves7307]

One of my favourite Disney songs, still meaningful specially now.

[@nerdguru86]

Oh most definitely...

[@ricardoneves7307]

@@nerdguru86 I'm glad I'm not alone 😂

[@tanyachavis2578]

It’s not about Disney. It’s about the perseverance of one beautiful Woman, Vanessa. She shows up, she delivers and she’s a forever shining example we should never give up on our dreams!

[@petermaz701]

She is a beautiful, talented woman, and I love her unique voice.

[@geoffwernicke8131]

So True...

[@mayemcdonald9111]

Happy to hear Vanessa is still singing publicly. I have always loved her voice. ❤️

[@qeirhash6825]

She not singing she telling the story

[@diabmetry1574]

Perfect comment.

[@vimalanvicknesh4292]

Ohh I couldn’t agree more 😍😍😍

[@realsix3780]

That's what I thought ^^ Such a really beautiful her story

[@rinianggraini8164]

@qeirhash6825: yups..!..agree..👍👍

[@zvonimircurkovic8588]

And so beautifull

[@sergeantmasson3669]

25% my of heritage is Penobscot Indian. This song hits home every time that I hear it. We are all just a short-term guest here on mother earth.

[@DCJL333]

Brava! One of my favorite songs ever composed. Brings back memories of another lifetime as a native when we were one with nature and honored Mother Earth with all her beauty and empowering energies. Vanessa, your voice is as beautiful as you! Thanks for singing this inspiring song! Love, love, love to all the other musicians who also made this happen.

[@gagaH78226]

Gorgeous comment. Have a great day and Thank you ☕

[@ariellove5295]

She had a great voice in Desperate House Wives and she has still got it! Love that she did this song, and in her own way to!

[@isabellertje]

She is the actual singer of this song, since the beginning. :) you can find it on the web.

[@Ihdc1]

Isabelle Brands No she is not. The original singer in the movie was Judy Kuhn.

[@darreylhenderson8979]

Yes, and Vanessa did the original over the credits version

[@mrhubertlouis1]

She’s the original singer of the “after-movie” version Just like how Demi Lovato sang “Let It Go”

[@daveheel]

vanessa sang the pop version that was a hit.

[@otiswilliams3773]

Every time Vanessa sings this song it gets better

[@michaelcollins2030]

Otis Williams like a fine wine Vanessa gets better with age

[@ashalzael1845]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think this performance is so much stronger than her original rendition back in '94 or her performance in '04. She has so much more elegance, grace and is able to sing in a speaking tone - telling a story. I hate to say it, but it's her age that has given her so much more to say with this song.

[@duniahorrormania]

Like she lives with that song. What a legend 👍👍

[@diabmetry1574]

I remember seeing and hearing Miss Williams for the first time at 6 years old and being completely blown away by her beauty and talent. 30 years later she still has that exact same effect. 😍😍😍

[@rogersnider7136]

She is getting more Beautiful with age!! And as Always the voice of an Angel@!!!

[@risaandjesus]

Vanessa Williams is one of the beautiful women!!!!

[@trupraizerify]

Very tasteful vocal.Good job..I never thought of her as a real singer but she really does fine. Looks beautiful as usual!!

[@louisviola9763]

Miss America 😍🥰😍🥰

[@IrfanR83]

Vanessa is still gorgeous!....lots of love from Malaysia..😍😍😍😘😘😘

[@RollerDisc88]

My favorite song by Vanessa Williams

[@zunizary]

never will to disappoint her fans....still mesmerizing and killing the song as it was

[@talimbeingaverythriftyghor5967]

*_Vanessa Williams' voice was so soft as silk right now_*

[@ellaripa3070]

Beautiful song.

[@GachaAki]

She still sounds like Vanessa Williams.

[@vegeta9621]

This has to be my favorite disney song.

[@kilogone8781]

She’s still doing great😍

[@qdog568]

Still a beauty!

[@isabelsummers8017]

I'm loving this song

[@user-on9pi5gc2i]

Special song and touching

[@ms.jessikafutureeducator.3340]

COME THROUGH auntie 🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾🙌🏾

[@nerdguru86]

I love this song...

[@ms.jessikafutureeducator.3340]

@@nerdguru86 ikr

[@eltarotdedrek]

Beauty vanessa!!! Renee!!! 😍❤️

[@user-on9pi5gc2i]

Amazing song and touching

[@c.greystone9825]

Wow! The incomparable Vanessa Williams!

[@anaapontedl]

I love this song... ❤️

[@DavidSmith-qo1se]

I'm having chills.

[@chrisvaldes1]

She still looks so stunning always had a crush on her 😍

[@loveregardless2857]

Timeless piece.

[@joannnnnnnnnnnn123]

My favorite!!!! 🍂🍁🌿

[@alexandramassey9258]

A little older, but still beautiful.

[@kwanele_dev]

Never expected that ending. So creative 😭

[@user-on9pi5gc2i]

Awesome song and touching

[@redbutterfly88]

Legend.

[@Tristan_KOR]

Maybe an unpopular opinion, but I think this song should be the anthem for our one and only planet, Earth if there was one. English isn't my first language, so it took a while for me to fully understand the original English lyrics, but now it hits me so hard whenever I listen to this song. Also, I can't stop admiring the true winner of Miss America 1983 for her timeless beauty, talent, strength, and dignity. I hope she never stops kindly stunning us with her charms for a long time

[@ryanrivera9627]

I love her ever since she my only beauty queen 👑🥰💓

[@kelvinzhengjiaxing5290]

This one was my favorite Disney songs along with Reflection and How Far I'll go. Funny for the fact, I love this song after Gabby Barrett from American Idol sang it on Idol 2018 back then

[@luissantos917]

Ex miss América. Essa é nobre.

[@luckyvanilla388]

Never cut off the applause ☝🏼😵

[@andyplayhouse]

The bass player is awesome

[@pauldelauro674]

Beautiful song, beautiful woman

[@Nuvision19]

Timeless

[@grazynakomanschek9812]

Uwielbiam ten utwór "Color Of The Wind "(Kolorowy wiatr)-💞💔😪🎶🎤🎹🌍🌐

[@samueledouardd.2613]

Great voice

[@zmx4745]

Back when music even child music was worth listening to because it has meaning. Smh

[@demarcobennett9694]

❤

[@CamilaRodrigues-hq3tf]

Essa musica é bem bonita. 🇧🇷

[@sharonzhang870]

🤗🌴🙏💎

[@Katrina-cq2tw]

Because Earth is their heaven the green tree the tree of life and 7 days of creation

[@joeyoung4726]

Never heard this before.

[@roccosophie6498]

She's a woman. Not black, nor white just, a woman. A very talented, and deserving, woman.😊

[@lailalala8624]

She a native American, what I mean a red Indian

[@keikurooka5105]

I love this song by Vanessa Williams and Leah Salonga version but i esp the animation of this song

[@meltaway520]

Why is the pace so fast？？

[@CB-hn6ei]

Song is still true today. That's sad.

[@WatcherOfHorror]

Disney voice singers are no joke

[@Bnguyen276]

Man I wonder who ever wrote the lyrics were on mushrooms. How can you come up with lyrics like these. So deep like super deep.

[@BORISSBORISSBORISS]

#vanessa

[@amandopiano4291]

Amazing breath vocal. Sometimes the musicians playing the wrong chords, they needs more sfx, reverb and delay with more decay but she is a big artist and better singer. One of the my favorite singers of all the times.

[@phetbkk]

Play it at 0.75 speed ;)

[@MrMisterChiliPepper88]

Tempo of the song sounds too fast then the original

[@lewisbreland]

Giving Streisand vibes

[@ichigooo7746]

You think I'm an ignorant savage And you've been so many places I guess it must be so But still, I cannot see If the savage one is me How can there be so much that you don't know? You don't know You think you own whatever land you land on The Earth is just a dead thing you can claim But I know every rock and tree and creature Has a life, has a spirit, has a name You think the only people who are people Are the people who look and think like you But if you walk the footsteps of a stranger You'll learn things you never knew, you never knew Have you ever heard the wolf cry to the blue corn moon? Or asked the grinning bobcat why he grinned? Can you sing with all the voices of the mountain? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Can you paint with all the colors of the wind? Come run the hidden pine trails of the forest Come taste the sun sweet berries of the Earth Come roll in all the riches all around you And for once, never wonder what they're worth The rainstorm and the river are my brothers The heron and the otter are my friends And we are all connected to each other In a circle, in a hoop that never ends How high does the sycamore grow? If you cut it down, then you'll never know And you'll never hear the wolf cry to the blue corn moon For whether we are white or copper skinned We need to sing with all the voices of the mountain We need to paint with all the colors of the wind You can own the Earth and still All you'll own is Earth until You can paint with all the colors of the wind

[@rocketman7872]

a bit fast.

[@mrgoodlookin320]

Sounds nothing like back in the day

[@nagawahyudi]

she talking to a colonis ppl... hohoho

[@sergiodario58able]

It's all well and good, she's pretty, she's talented, she's this and she's that..One thing she is not. She isn't Judy Kunh..Because there's only one Judy Kuhn, and she is the best of the best there is, and no one can touch her with this song. Not even Vanessa Williams...Sorry!

[@laurensmith7124]

Background singers are not singing

[@darkfanfanter3950]

😥😭 c'est moin magique, elle donne moin de fantaisie sur sa chanson. Elle perd beaucoup de charmes c'est dommage 😭😭😭

[@valfermalino796]

Who’s here after seeing Freckled Fairy in AGT? 🙋‍♂️

[@osimeon00]

Not one of her best performances.

[@Shearqueen1964]

No emotion

[@wardenfiddyblunt]

This is Judy's song, no soul in this version

[@juviaplays9923]

Judy kuhn's Colors of the wind is more far beautiful, classy and better. Vanessa murdered the song with the curls she's making. Judy's voice is full emotion and impact. Just saying. Edit: for those who will ask if i can sing, Yes i can sing.

[@mhbamhba5780]

Ok

[@lisac5202]

I actually like tori Kellys version of this song much better. Just my opinion - no haters please! In this performance vanessa doesnt seem to be singing properly?

[@Ihdc1]

@Knowledge I First of all, what's with your grammar? Second of all, Judy's version is much more difficult. She sings in a higher key and holds the notes more. On the other hand, Vanessa sings in a lower key with a more speech-like cadence. Judy is classically trained, Vanessa is not. Compare how they sing the "How high does the sycamore grow?" part. Judy's note is much more full and and resonant while Vanessa sounds a bit squeezed. Also compare this to Vanessa when she was younger here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/fmm4epmbe9CXqaM Her high notes are much shorter than before and she now has more breaks between the notes and phrases whereas she had more legato and sustained notes before. On the other hand, Judy sounds pretty much the same except for her voice having become darker and heavier from age over the years. Lastly, Judy is a few years older than Vanessa. My overall impression is that Vanessa, like most pop singers, sings more to show off her voice while Judy, like the musical theatre legend she is, sings from her heart and emphasizes the meaning behind the words. She sings every word as though she means it and gives the song a different depth. There's reason, most Disney princess singers come from musical theatre backgrounds.

[@daveheel]

@@Ihdc1 the other singer, judy, sang it in a more broadway fashion and so it fit the movie. however, vanessa sang it with pop and soul and as such became a hit, deservedly.

[@Ihdc1]

@@daveheel I think Judy's version is much more emotional and deep. I always dislike pop versions of Disney songs because the pop singer's runs and riffs break up the phrasing and melodic structure of the song.

[@WillowEverlight]

She butchered this song.

[@fuse9]

This sucked

[@GachaAki]

Like you can sing better than her.

[@kentsuasin9102]

@@GachaAki lmao

[@ntsakoshilubane5025]

Your ears need some serious cleaning

[@charlesloftin8768]

Funniest joke ive heard all day

[@daveheel]

like yo mama. lol

[@socialkiran5457]

i dont understand hw this got best lyric oscar... when talking about his wrong belief that "the earth is dead thing" , she shud b saying with an "and" before that line...so if it was like "and the earth is dead thing" .. then it wud hv been correct like a complain on his belief... otherwise the meaning is totally getting changed bcz now it looks as if she believes that earth is dead thing... and at the same time she also says the rock has life & spirit...which is contradiction..:))